Keyboard
Below is an overview of keyboards used in our labs, past and present. As of January 2026, all FSW research labs are equipped with the Corsair K70 PRO TKL.
Keyboards
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| Corsair K70 PRO TKL | Corsair Vengeance K70 | Das Keyboard 4Q | Corsair K60 PRO TKL | Logitech K400 (v2) | |
| Connection | USB (type C) | USB | USB | USB (type C) | Wireless |
| Size | 80% (TKL) | 100% | 100% | 80% (TKL) | 75% |
| Key Switches | Corsair MGX v2 [fn 1] | Cherry MX Red [fn 2] | Cherry MX Brown [fn 2] | Corsair OPX [fn 3] | Dome |
| Actuation Force | 30-55cN | 45cN | 45cN | 45cN | |
| Polling Rate | up to 8000Hz | up to 1000Hz | up to 8000Hz | ||
| USB Pass-through | No | Yes (USB 2.0) | Yes (USB 2.0) | No | No |
| Multimedia Controls | Yes (via Function keys) | Yes | Yes | Yes (via Function keys) | Yes (via Function keys) |
| Backlight | |||||
| Backlit Keys | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Color | RGB | Red | RGB | RGB | - |
| Programmable | Yes | Yes (on-device) | Yes | Yes | No |
Backlight Settings
Keyboard Layout
All our keyboards have a US-International QWERTY layout. To change keyboard mapping to a different region/language, click the Language Bar icon in the system stray, or press Windows key + Spacebar, and configure/choose another option.
ℹ️When you change the active keyboard layout, this is done for the application which is currently opened. If you open another application, the language used is the default one and you will have to switch it again.
Special characters
Special characters can be easily typed in certain keyboard mappings like US-International.
Press " followed by a, e, i, o, or u to get ä, ë, ï, ö, ü
Press ' followed by a, e, i, o, or u to get á, é, í, ó, ú.
Press ` followed by a, e, i, o, or u to get à, è, ì, ò, ù.
Press ^ followed by a, e, i, o, or u to get â, ê, î, ô, û.
Press ' followed by c to get ç.
Press ~ followed by n to get ñ.
Pressing ", ', `, ^ or ~ followed by spacebar will result in a single ", ', `, ^ or ~. Most likely, you can just continue typing: if the next character doesn't exist with an accent character, ", ', `, ^ or ~ will preceed the next character; for example pressing ' followed by s will result in the expected 's.
Press and hold AltGr (right Alt on our lab keyboard), then press s, and you will get ß as result.